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The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.

A quiet spot commemorating two naturalists who had to choose between love and the university at which they both taught.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

Murder scene memorialized in perpetuity by grisly obelisk.

This modern medieval weapon of war was built to toss pumpkins.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

The gravestones in this historic cemetery are carved with mysterious faces.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.